Lamp for illumination food products along a line

    公开(公告)号:US10323983B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-18

    申请号:US15998477

    申请日:2018-08-15

    申请人: P & P OPTICA INC.

    摘要: A lamp for illuminating food products along a line is provided. The lamp comprises: a housing having a longitudinal axis and an opening along the longitudinal axis; a light source located in the housing along the longitudinal axis; a reflector positioned in the housing along the longitudinal axis, the reflector to reflect light from the light source through the opening and focus the light along the line; a removeable frame attached to the housing around the opening, the removeable frame having an aperture aligned with the opening along the longitudinal axis; a glass window in the aperture; a transparent polymer film in the aperture at an outward facing side of the glass window, each of the glass window and the transparent polymer film extending into the removeable frame past a perimeter of the aperture; and a seal between the transparent polymer film and the perimeter of the aperture.

    Lighting apparatus for conveyors
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10401303B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-03

    申请号:US15998452

    申请日:2018-08-15

    申请人: P & P OPTICA INC.

    摘要: A lighting apparatus which indicates a condition and positions of a product moving along a conveyor is provided. The lighting apparatus includes one or more sensors configured to capture a condition reading of the product and a position reading of the product; a line of lights configured for installation proximate to the conveyor and along the path of the conveyor, the lights of the line of lights configurable between different visual states; a controller to determine a condition of the product based on the condition reading, determine an initial position of the product based on the position reading, generate a schedule for controlling visual states of the lights of the line of lights to indicate the condition of the product and positions of the product, and control the visual states of the lights of the line of lights according to the schedule.

    DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SORTING AND LABELLING FOOD PRODUCTS

    公开(公告)号:US20220323997A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-13

    申请号:US17635961

    申请日:2019-08-20

    申请人: P & P OPTICA INC.

    摘要: Devices, systems and methods for sorting and labeling food products are provided. Respective spectra of food products for a plurality of segments of a line are received at a controller from at least one line-scan dispersive spectrometer configured to acquire respective spectra of the food products for the plurality of segments of the line. The controller applies one or more machine learning algorithms to the respective spectra to classify the plurality of segments according to at least one of one or more food parameters. The controller controls one or more of a sorting device and a labeling device according to classifying the plurality of segments to cause the food products to be one or more of sorted and labeled according to the at least one of the one or more food parameters.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING DATA CAPTURE AND DATA CORRECTION FOR SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS
    4.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING DATA CAPTURE AND DATA CORRECTION FOR SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS 有权
    优化数据采集和数据校正的设备和方法进行光谱分析

    公开(公告)号:US20140268136A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-18

    申请号:US13842628

    申请日:2013-03-15

    IPC分类号: G01J3/28

    摘要: A method and an apparatus for increasing the accuracy of a spectrometer system corrects for light source quality, exposure time, distortion in y direction, distortion in x direction, temperature dependence, pixel alignment variability, dark pixels, bad pixels, pixel read noise, and pixel dark current noise. The method and apparatus produces an algorithm for optimizing spectral data and for measuring a sample within the spectrometer system using the optimization algorithm. The spectrometer apparatus comprises a composite external light source, a source light collector, an illumination light structuring component, a sample, a sample light collector, a spectrometer light structuring component, a light dispersing engine, photo detectors, an electrical signal converter, a data preprocessing unit, and a data analyzer. The method and apparatus can include a corrected photo detector algorithm, sample illumination correction algorithm, LDE-PD alignment procedure, SLSC-LDE alignment procedure, distortion correction matrix, and an algorithm for optimizing of spectral data.

    摘要翻译: 用于提高光谱仪系统的精度的方法和装置校正光源质量,曝光时间,y方向的失真,x方向的失真,温度依赖性,像素对准可变性,暗像素,不良像素,像素读取噪声和 像素暗电流噪声。 该方法和装置产生用于优化光谱数据和使用优化算法在光谱仪系统内测量样本的算法。 光谱仪装置包括复合外部光源,源光收集器,照明光结构元件,样品,样品光收集器,光谱仪光结构元件,光分散引擎,光电检测器,电信号转换器,数据 预处理单元和数据分析器。 该方法和装置可以包括校正光电检测器算法,样本照明校正算法,LDE-PD校准程序,SLSC-LDE校准程序,失真校正矩阵和用于优化光谱数据的算法。

    Conveyor apparatus for imaging food products

    公开(公告)号:US11001452B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-11

    申请号:US15998438

    申请日:2018-08-15

    申请人: P & P OPTICA INC.

    IPC分类号: B65G47/24 G01N21/27 G01N33/02

    摘要: Apparatuses for imaging food products are provided. An apparatus includes a first and second conveyor, the first conveyor configured to move a flexible food product at a first speed, the second conveyor configured to move the flexible food product at a second speed greater than the first speed, a receiving portion of the second conveyor positioned in a downward direction relative to the first conveyor to receive the flexible food product, thereby flipping the flexible food product and stretching the flexible food product for imaging. An apparatus may include a guide mechanism to guide the food product to be flipped. An apparatus may move a plurality of food products and spread apart the plurality of food products for imaging. An apparatus may include a receiving structure having a low-friction receiving surface for stretching or spreading apart food products.

    CONVEYOR APPARATUS FOR IMAGING FOOD PRODUCTS

    公开(公告)号:US20200055678A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-20

    申请号:US15998438

    申请日:2018-08-15

    申请人: P & P OPTICA INC.

    IPC分类号: B65G47/24 G01N21/27 G01N33/02

    摘要: Apparatuses for imaging food products are provided. An apparatus includes a first and second conveyor, the first conveyor configured to move a flexible food product at a first speed, the second conveyor configured to move the flexible food product at a second speed greater than the first speed, a receiving portion of the second conveyor positioned in a downward direction relative to the first conveyor to receive the flexible food product, thereby flipping the flexible food product and stretching the flexible food product for imaging. An apparatus may include a guide mechanism to guide the food product to be flipped. An apparatus may move a plurality of food products and spread apart the plurality of food products for imaging. An apparatus may include a receiving structure having a low-friction receiving surface for stretching or spreading apart food products.

    Apparatus and method for optimizing data capture and data correction for spectroscopic analysis
    8.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for optimizing data capture and data correction for spectroscopic analysis 有权
    用于光谱分析优化数据采集和数据校正的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US09546904B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-17

    申请号:US13842628

    申请日:2013-03-15

    IPC分类号: G01J3/28 H04N5/367 G01J3/02

    摘要: A method and an apparatus for increasing the accuracy of a spectrometer system corrects for light source quality, exposure time, distortion in y direction, distortion in x direction, temperature dependence, pixel alignment variability, dark pixels, bad pixels, pixel read noise, and pixel dark current noise. The method and apparatus produces an algorithm for optimizing spectral data and for measuring a sample within the spectrometer system using the optimization algorithm. The spectrometer apparatus comprises a composite external light source, a source light collector, an illumination light structuring component, a sample, a sample light collector, a spectrometer light structuring component, a light dispersing engine, photo detectors, an electrical signal converter, a data preprocessing unit, and a data analyzer. The method and apparatus can include a corrected photo detector algorithm, sample illumination correction algorithm, LDE-PD alignment procedure, SLSC-LDE alignment procedure, distortion correction matrix, and an algorithm for optimizing of spectral data.

    摘要翻译: 用于提高光谱仪系统的精度的方法和装置校正光源质量,曝光时间,y方向的失真,x方向的失真,温度依赖性,像素对准可变性,暗像素,不良像素,像素读取噪声和 像素暗电流噪声。 该方法和装置产生用于优化光谱数据和使用优化算法在光谱仪系统内测量样本的算法。 光谱仪装置包括复合外部光源,源光收集器,照明光结构元件,样品,样品光收集器,光谱仪光结构元件,光分散引擎,光电检测器,电信号转换器,数据 预处理单元和数据分析器。 该方法和装置可以包括校正光电检测器算法,样本照明校正算法,LDE-PD校准程序,SLSC-LDE校准程序,失真校正矩阵和用于优化光谱数据的算法。